Contents Going Slow in Dorset.......................................................7 Dorset 9, Some practical matters 12, Making the most of Slow Dorset 14 1 North Dorset - the Blackmore Vale, Cranborne Chase & Sherborne..................................31 Getting there & around 32, The Blackmore Vale 35, Cranborne Chase 73, Sherborne & around 82 2 Dorchester & the Piddle & Frome va lleys............93 Getting there & around 94, Dorchester & around 97, North from Dorchester towards the Blackmore Vale 111, The Piddle Valley & Bere Regis 115, The Frome Valley 125, Bulbarrow Hill, Milton Abbas & surrounds 130 3 The Marshwood Vale & West Dorset......................139 Getting there & around 140, Lyme Regis to Bridport & West Bay 142, East of Bridport via the Bride Valley to Abbotsbury 161, From the Somerset border to the Marshwood Vale 172, Eastwards from Beaminster 175 4 Weymouth & the Southern Coast............................183 Getting there & around 184, West of Weymouth, including Chesil Beach 187, The Isle of Portland 197, East of Weymouth 204 5 Isle of Purbeck................................................................209 Getting there & around 210, Wareham to Swanage & north of the A351 216, Beyond Swanage to Lulworth Cove 239 6 Poole, Bournemouth & the east...............................251 Getting there & around 252, Poole & surrounds 257, Bournemouth & Christchurch 268, Wimborne Minster & surrounds 281 Accommodation..............................................................294 Index....................................................................................300
